"BRUSHES WITH FAME" -- A few years ago, our city got a visit from Tyra Banks. One of our drugstores sold the most Covergirl cosmetics in North America, so they sent her here as a reward (?). I got her autograph on her beauty book which was just out. They made us pre-purchase it before she would sign it. She must have been tired, as she hardly spoke and barely lifted her head for photos etc. I barely spoke to her, lest she sick her bodyguard on me! 
The only other "supermodel" I've met (not counting the many Playmates and Page 3 girls) was Tricia Helfer. She has since gone on to acting (she's Number Six in the new "Battlestar Galactica"). She's just a country girl at heart - she was born in Bashaw, the potato capital of Alberta. She came home to support and model in a local designers fashion event. It was staged in a parkade, of all places! She was nice to me when I went up to her table for an autograph (barely anyone did).
The most influential person I've met is Hugh M. Hefner, the founder & creator of the Playboy empire. I've met him several times, such as when he's appeared at Glamourcon in L.A. I've also had the great fortune to visit the Playboy Mansion twice. The first visit was as one of a group of 15 Playboy collectors who got a private tour and breakfast with Hef. That happened in April 1997, before he'd split from Kimberly Conrad and re-joined the party scene. The next time I went to the Mansion was in July 1999, for an invite-only 45th Anniversary dinner party. It wasn't the wildest-ever Playboy party (never saw so much as a bare boob), but never-the-less it was memorable, and packed with celebrities.
I'll write more about these experiences in future.
The only other "supermodel" I've met (not counting the many Playmates and Page 3 girls) was Tricia Helfer. She has since gone on to acting (she's Number Six in the new "Battlestar Galactica"). She's just a country girl at heart - she was born in Bashaw, the potato capital of Alberta. She came home to support and model in a local designers fashion event. It was staged in a parkade, of all places! She was nice to me when I went up to her table for an autograph (barely anyone did).
The most influential person I've met is Hugh M. Hefner, the founder & creator of the Playboy empire. I've met him several times, such as when he's appeared at Glamourcon in L.A. I've also had the great fortune to visit the Playboy Mansion twice. The first visit was as one of a group of 15 Playboy collectors who got a private tour and breakfast with Hef. That happened in April 1997, before he'd split from Kimberly Conrad and re-joined the party scene. The next time I went to the Mansion was in July 1999, for an invite-only 45th Anniversary dinner party. It wasn't the wildest-ever Playboy party (never saw so much as a bare boob), but never-the-less it was memorable, and packed with celebrities.
I'll write more about these experiences in future.
adrenalynn:
thanks so much.....some say in person with normal color hair, that i do look like dark angel. thanks for joining my group... feel free to post. i have no on e who posts, wish i did, but im a nerd. so yeah post and ill post back to ya 